Toronto Roadrunners

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Toronto Roadrunners
Image:Toronto roadrunners 200x200.png
Founded	2003
Home ice	Ricoh Coliseum
Based in	Toronto, Ontario
Colours	blue, yellow, and grey
League	American Hockey League

The Toronto Roadrunners were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Ricoh Coliseum. Poor attendance, and a realization that Toronto fans were only interested in the Toronto Maple Leafs and not other levels of hockey resulted in the relocation of the franchise to Edmonton after only one season. Another factor was the desire of the parent club to have the team play in Edmonton to fill the void expected as an NHL lockout the following season seemed more and more likely.

Season: 2003-2004

Arena: Ricoh Coliseum

Uniform colours: blue, yellow, and grey

Logo design: A skating roadrunner.

Division titles won: none

Regular season titles won: none

League championships won: none

1 History
2 Year-by-year record
3 Team records
4 External links

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History

In their only season the Roadrunners featured players such as Jani Rita, Jamie Wright and Steve Valiquette who helped them advance to the AHL playoffs where they lost the first round to the Cleveland Barons.

The franchise was previously known as: Hamilton Bulldogs (1996-2002)

The franchise became known as: Edmonton Road Runners (2004-2005)

The franchise was replaced by: Toronto Marlies (2005-present)

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